Living The Lifestyle Monday 11/13/17

imastar2

Everyone says it, but just how do you do it? How do you take the guidelines of the WW program and turn them into a lifestyle you can live every day...from now on? That is what we are here to explore. Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion. Newbie? Join in! Veteran? Join in! Your thoughts may be just what someone else needs to hear.

Monday -- imastar2 (Derrick)

Tuesday -- Calvin2008Brian

Wednesday -- Rachel0778 (Rachel)

Thursday -- misterhub (Greg)

Friday -- jimb376 (Jim)

Topic: Facts / Your history versus Your Current WW Journey Questions.

1. Do you try to stick to facts dealing with the history of your LTL journey (ie; or do you try different variations with your diet on your LTL journey.) Times change, age changes, health changes.

2. Many changes take place so what might have worked for a person years ago might have changed and could these variances be effecting your current journey?

imastar2

1. I believe I tend to do better sticking to the facts of my WW journey and what worked best for me in the past . That bring said though I'm seven years down the road and many health changes and age change have taken place. I'm probably a bit more active daily than when I first started WW. When I try and divert my attention to something different it tends not work for me as well as what my history has performed.

2. I have undergone changes and I am working on a kcal plan rather that pts system currently. I will say that there is a stark difference between a kcal plan and a WW points system. That's why I dual tracking right now,. I will say at this point is is very hard to tract two systems daily.

SW 400.8
CW 321.0
Next GW 300.0
Final GW 185.0

79.8 lbs Total lost

88olds

1. Do you try to stick to facts dealing with the history of your LTL journey (ie; or do you try different variations with your diet on your LTL journey.) Times change, age changes, health changes.

Like almost everyone, when I was younger (say before 35) I could do some running and lose weight. That quit working. Wrapping my head around the fact that it wasn't working, and wasn't going to work was one of the hardest things I had to do to get to goal.

This comes up a lot. I think it is best summarized by the frequent newbie expression "I know what I have to do." I've heard this countless times in WW meetings. (It usually means I have to go to the gym and try to beat the fat out of my body.)

One day I heard this and I thought "What if I don't have a clue as to what to do?" That started me on a search for facts. I think almost everyone will say they work with facts. But do we know facts when we see them?

2. Many changes take place so what might have worked for a person years ago might have changed and could these variances be effecting your current journey?

So in general, the "thing" that worked for me 11 years ago when I joined WW was opening my mind. I like the phrase "an attitude of experimentation." Note that this took place only in my own head.

What it meant in practice was this- Its all about intake. At age 67, activity is a reward for managing my intake. It's not a chip I get to cash for more food.

podkey

I was never able to control weight with exercise from college age on. I was 63 yr when joined WW and haven't changed much in terms of needs the last 9 yr at goal. Agree with olds88 that food is not a reward for activity. I don't change for change sake and after many other diet schemes have found a style that works well enough for me at this time.

Rachel0778

I eat a lot more fruits and vegetables than I used to. I've grown to enjoy them and I know they're better for my health than the 1 pt bars and frozen Smart Ones meals I used to eat. I'm constantly trying to figure out new ways to add whole foods to my diet.

For lunch today, instead of a frozen meal that barely assuaged my hunger, I made a red quinoa, black beans, roasted squash, and spinach dish. Colorful and delicious!

Al_Howard

Topic: Facts / Your history versus Your Current WW Journey Questions.

1. Do you try to stick to facts dealing with the history of your LTL journey (ie; or do you try different variations with your diet on your LTL journey.) Times change, age changes, health changes.
Since I hit goal in 1979, stopped going to meetings, and gained weight, I used a few different things. However, after hitting my high, and being told I was diabetic, I went back to WW and meetings. It works.

2. Many changes take place so what might have worked for a person years ago might have changed and could these variances be effecting your current journey?
Am now double tracking, as I now need to moniter my sodium intake. As Derrick said, it's a pain, and quite a difference, having to account for fruits and veggies.

Calvin2008Brian

The question is one I think about all the time. I really don't have an answer (except to the extent "kind of" and "maybe" are, technically, answers), but am very interested in seeing how others respond.

I'll share that a huge breakthrough for me in terms of fitness came ten years ago when I accepted that running at age 43 was different from running at age 15-25. When I came to that realization and acceptance, I was able to enjoy my running a great deal more. I'm not sure if a similar breakthrough with weight loss is out there waiting for me to see my way through to it. Maybe?

Out_of_Bubblegum

Topic: Facts / Your history versus Your Current WW Journey Questions.

1. Do you try to stick to facts dealing with the history of your LTL journey (ie; or do you try different variations with your diet on your LTL journey.) Times change, age changes, health changes.


I have a mantra I use often in my WL journey...

"If I do the things, I get the results."

For me, "the things" are to train (exercise) regularly, take half as much as I think I want portion wise (2nds is ok after a few minutes break and still hungry), and track my food intake. If I do those 3 "things", then I get the "results" - fitness and scale victories.

It is a formula that works consistently... but if it stops working, then... I hope to have the wisdom to figure out why, and adjust my "Things" appropriately.

2. Many changes take place so what might have worked for a person years ago might have changed and could these variances be effecting your current journey?

I think the one thing that has changed for me is time... It takes longer for me to build up ability in an exercise (distance, duration, intensity, etc) than it used to. It takes longer for me to recover from exercise. It takes LESS time for me to gain weight if I stop doing the things.

minimyzeme

Do you try to stick to facts dealing with the history of your LTL journey (ie; or do you try different variations with your diet on your LTL journey.)

So far, I guess I've pretty much dealt with the basic concepts of the WW program (reinforced by GOAD) as it's really the only one I've ever tried. I started three years ago so not a lot has changed for me along the way. The program change from WW's Points Plus to Smart Points took a little adjustment but not really a whole lot.

Many changes take place so what might have worked for a person years ago might have changed and could these variances be effecting your current journey?

Well, I lost considerable weight so I do notice a difference between being in losing vs maintenance mode. However, even that seems to be variation on a theme. I don't find it a whole lot different on a day-to-day basis.

I weigh daily now whereas in losing mode, I didn't. I would weigh in at my WW meeting once a week. The rest of the time, I focused more on my own behavior / relationship with food. I try to treat the daily weighing as the data point it's worthy of, and nothing more. That said, I admit the scale reading can have a momentary hit on my mood but more importantly it guides my eating during the day.

Having met my goal weight and largely figured out my relationship with food, I usually conduct myself in a more conscientious way around it. As I become accustomed to the lifestyle, most of the time I don't have to work as hard with whys and wherefores as I'm much better tuned in to what makes me tick. Obviously my food choices are quite different from before I started but not a whole lot different from when I was in losing mode.

imastar2

Great points everyone thanks for responding.

misterhub

I am a very data driven person. So, I try to let the data/facts speak for themselves.